Dr. Ángel Jaén, endocrinologist of the HST, indicated that in the hospital diabetes clinic adult patients, pregnant women and children with diabetes are treated;Where the disease condition is due to factors such as: not carrying an adequate food plan, not practicing physical exercise and family inheritance.
The Galen Jaén indicated that in Panama the cases of diabetes have increased at an early age.In that sense, he gave as an example that among his patients approximately 50 children between ages of 10 to 20 years are affected by type 2 diabetes by the state of obesity they present, so for their control they must take medications as if they were adults.
All those patients participating in the HST Diabetes Clinic program are treated by endocrinologists, nurses, nutritionists, psychologists, dentists, ophthalmologists, cardiologists, urologists, rheumatologists, among other specialties, because diabetes affects other organs.
Among the most notorious effects on diabetic people are: vision loss, kidney problems, circulation problems, hypertension problems, among others.
Despite being a silent disease, the population is recommended to be alert to signals such as: excessive thirst, constantly urinating and weight loss, since they are the most common signs presented by people suffering from diabetes.